Something big brewing in western Licking

2:38 PM,
Jun. 13, 2014

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| By The Advocate Editorial Board

The distance between Newark and metropolitan Columbus seems to be shrinking every week.

With an additional 71 acres of Jersey Township annexed into New Albany this past week, talk of a new interchange on the Ohio 161 expressway just four years after it opened, more than 1,500 jobs now in place at the New Albany Personal Care and Beauty Campus and roughly 1,500 more already announced, it's clear big changes are coming to western Licking County.